What we did: Students in Reading / Language Arts class began the school year immersed in technology as a method of expressing themselves. Students used digital cameras, iPhoto, iTunes, and iMovie to produce an autobiographical digital story.

Why we did it: The student's iMovie was then used as a springboard to writing an autobiographical essay. It served as a visual model for planning and prewriting. From this, students prepared a graphic organizer to guide them in writing their final product.